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Grant Budgeting: Tips for Maximizing Funding Opportunities

The NonProfit Times

By Jackie Sue Griffin Securing grant funding is crucial to a nonprofit’s growth, and it starts with crafting a well-planned and realistic budget. Understanding the specific requirements and limitations outlined in the grant application is crucial for developing a budget that aligns with the funder’s priorities and expectations.

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Built Together Program: Building spaces for active living

Charity Village

The Alberta Blue Cross Built Together program helps Albertans build spaces for active living in their community. Each year, Alberta Blue Cross awards $50,000 grants in Edmonton, Calgary, a secondary city, rural […] The post Built Together Program: Building spaces for active living appeared first on CharityVillage.

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Grant program to help kids stay active – Apply today!

Charity Village

Home Hardware and FlipGive have launched Play More Matching Grant which provides $50,000 in grants to Canadian youth sports teams. The program invites youth sports teams across Canada to register on FlipGive, an app designed to help parents lower the cost of sports equipment.

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Telling a compelling story: Communicating program impact in a grant proposal

Candid

It’s not uncommon for nonprofits to struggle with securing funding despite the strength of their programs. Often, the reason a foundation declines a grant has nothing to do with you. But what do funders want to see, and how can you convey program impact in a compelling way?

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Increasing efficiency in grant reporting

Candid

Unlike many cycles of nonprofit operations, grant reporting doesn’t really have a season; it’s all year long. Grant reporting also varies widely by funder. Here we share how we turned traditional, time-consuming grant reporting into a faster, easier, and more efficient process. We call this our narrative report.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Youth Programs

Kindful

Grant Research Tip: While there are more than 100,000 potential grant funders across the United States, they typically are very specific in what they fund and where they fund. For that reason, your organization and its activities will not be of interest to most of the funders out there. . Funding Priority: Youth Programs.

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Community foundations: Donor-advised fund grants outpaced contributions in 2022 

Candid

In my last article , I examined some of the key findings from the latest CF Insights survey , conducted annually by the Council on Foundations to track trends in community foundation activity and growth. In 2022, when both contributions to the funds and their investment returns declined, DAF account holders continued to recommend grants.

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